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State Park near Puako. He stated that the consensus of the residents in Puako is to support the plan because it should result in better care of the park, and he discussed public access to and gathering rights at the park. The Committee then tabled consideration of the minutes of the meeting held on July 23, 2012, because the draft of the minutes of the meeting had not been distributed to all of the Committee members. The Committee members next considered the Land Use Permit Activity Report that had been made available by Mr. Dunlap in advance of the meeting, which summarized recent land use permit activity, and Mr. Dunlap responded to inquiries from the members. The next item on the agenda was subcommittee reports. Mr. Roehrig began the Waimea Subcommittee report by distributing a copy of a report from Ms. Inaba discussing activities of the Waimea Community Association Design Review Committee. Mr. Dunlap then offered an update regarding the Magoon project, the Speedy Motors project and the Waimea Community Association Design Plan revisions. Ms. Tanimoto then reported for the Kawaihae Subcommittee. She began by asking Mr. Dunlap why the tsunami evacuation planning for Kawaihae was taking so long. Mr. Dunlap indicated that the planning is underway and that he is urging County Civil Defense officials to move the planning as quickly as possible. Ms. Tanimoto noted that the makai lots in Kawaihae do not appear on the tsunami maps published in the telephone books. Mr. Dunlap promised to send a letter to the Civil Defense officials to get a commitment on a date for completion of the planning. Ms. Tanimoto next addressed the Kawaihae Harbor log storage project. She stated that the fishing area near Kawaihae is impacted by the shipping that carries the logs and sugggested that the ships should be anchored south of the harbor entry to the Kawaihae harbor near where the military ships are anchored. Ms. Tanimoto also advised the Committee members that she had sought information concerning use of the pavilion at Samuel M. Spencer Park but such information was not available. She also said she had spoken with personnel at the State Department of Interior concerning historic sites in the Kawaihae area and had discussed possible locations for an emergency road in Kawaihae with the Hawaiian Homes Commissioners. Mr. Schulze then reported for the District-Wide Subcommittee. He advised the members that he had spoken with a representative of the Hawai’i State Parks system concerning the proposed Hapuna Beach State Park improvements and the gating of Old Puako 2